1955 Daily Telegraph Trophy

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

|Type=NC

|Country=GBR

|Grand Prix=Daily Telegraph Trophy

|GP_Suffix=

|Details ref=

|Date=3 September

|Year=1955

|Official name=II Daily Telegraph Trophy

|Location=Aintree Circuit, Merseyside

|Image = Circuit Aintree.svg

|Course = Permanent racing facility

|Course_mi = 3.00

|Course_km = 4.81

|Distance_laps = 17

|Distance_mi = 51.00

|Distance_km = 81.80

|Weather=

|Attendance=

|Pole_Driver=Stirling Moss

|Pole_Team=Maserati

|Pole_Time=2:06.4

|Pole_Country=GBR

|Fast_Driver=Roy Salvadori

|Fast_Team=Maserati

|Fast_Time=2:05.2

|Fast_Country=GBR

|First_Driver=Roy Salvadori

|First_Country=GBR

|First_Team=Maserati

|Second_Driver=Bob Gerard

|Second_Country=GBR

|Second_Team=Cooper-Bristol

|Third_Driver=Horace Gould

|Third_Country=GBR

|Third_Team=Maserati

|Lapchart=}}

The 2nd Daily Telegraph Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 September 1955 at Aintree Circuit, Merseyside. The race was run over 17 laps, and was won by British driver Roy Salvadori in a Maserati 250F. Salvadori also set fastest lap, and Stirling Moss was on pole position in a 250F but retired with engine problems. Bob Gerard was second in a Cooper T23-Bristol and Horace Gould third in another 250F.{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1955-aintree-f1/|title=1955 Aintree F1|date=|publisher=Motor Sport Magazine|accessdate=2022-05-04}}{{cite web|url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1955/1955.html#tel|title=1955 Non-World Championship Grands Prix|date=|publisher=silhouet.com|accessdate=2022-05-04}}

This was the first race for the BRM P25. It only managed a few laps in practice before oil leaking onto the tyres caused driver Peter Collins to spin off and damage the car.

Results

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Pos.No.DriverEntrantCarTime/RetiredGrid
1

| 5

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Roy Salvadori

| Gilby Engineering

| Maserati 250F

| 36:33.0, 83.72mph

| 2

2

| 10

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob Gerard

| F.R. Gerard

| Cooper T23-Bristol

| +15.2s

| 4

3

| 4

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Horace Gould

| Gould's Garage (Bristol)

| Maserati 250F

| +25.6s

| 3

4

| 17

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Brooks

| Equipe Endeavour

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

| +1:57.4

| 7

5

| 18

| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Young

| J.A. Young

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

| +2:14.6

| 12

6

| 2

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Reg Parnell

| Connaught Engineering

| Connaught Type B-Alta

| +1 lap

| 5

7

| 19

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Holt

| E.W. Holt

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

| +1 lap

| 10

8

| 11

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bruce Halford

| Equipe Devone

| Cooper T23-Bristol

| +1 lap

| 9

9

| 14

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Alastair Birrell

| A.W. Birrell

| Cooper T20-Bristol

| +1 lap

| 14

10

| 12

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Kyffin

| Equipe Devone

| Cooper T23-Bristol

|

| 19

Ret

| 7

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Stirling Moss

| Stirling Moss Ltd.

| Maserati 250F

| 13 laps, engine

| 1

Ret

| 21

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Horace Richards

| H.A. Richards

| HAR-Riley

| 9 laps

| 17

Ret

| 6

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Louis Rosier

| Ecurie Rosier

| Maserati 250F

| 8 laps, clutch

| 6

Ret

| 8

| {{flagicon|UK}} Paul Emery

| Emeryson Cars

| Emeryson Mk.1-Alta

| 7 laps, oil pressure

| 15

Ret

| 20

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dick Gibson

| R. Gibson

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

| 3 laps, oil pressure

| 18

Ret

| 1

| {{flagicon|UK}} Jack Fairman

| Connaught Engineering

| Connaught Type B-Alta

| 2 laps, crash

| 8

Ret

| 15

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jimmy Somervail

| Border Reivers

| Cooper T20-Bristol

| 0 laps, crash

| 13

DNS

| 9

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Peter Collins

| Owen Racing Organisation

| BRM P25

| Crashed in practice

| 16

DNA

| 3

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Michael Young

| Roebuck Engineering

| Connaught Type A-Alta

|

| -

DNA

| 16

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Charles Boulton

| Ecurie Ane

| Connaught Type A-Lea Francis

|

| -

References

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{{F1 NC race report|Name_of_race=Daily Telegraph Trophy|Year_of_race=1955|Previous_race_in_season=1955 RedeX Trophy|Next_race_in_season=1955 International Gold Cup|Previous_year's_race=1954 Daily Telegraph Trophy|Next_year's_race=—}}

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